Storm systems sweeping across the midwestern US have left more than 25 dead in Missouri and Kentucky.
Kentucky’s governor, Andy Beshear, said at a briefing in London, Kentucky, that “at least 18” of the deaths were in his state. At least nine of those were reported after a tornado sparked what authorities called a mass casualty event in south-eastern Kentucky.
The storms were part of a weather system on Friday that killed seven people in Missouri and spawned more than two dozen tornadoes in Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana, left several hundred thousand customers without power in the Great Lakes region and brought a punishing heatwave to Texas.
Only 20 mins away …. The town next to me here in Kentucky got leveled by a tornado last night ️
If you wouldn’t mind taking a few seconds…. These people could use a prayer or two pic.twitter.com/6nIMwfNlNK
— Distinguished Hillbilly ™️ (@Feral_Socrates) May 17, 2025
Terrifying tornado. Prayers for Kentucky. pic.twitter.com/DtgLJg8tJg
— PNW Conservative (@UnderWashington) May 17, 2025
